New Delhi: BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan, who resigned as Union education minister following students’ protests over the NEET row, was welcomed by some BJP leaders in the Parliament complex on Monday with a traditional cap and stole amid slogans like ‘Pradhan Zindabad’. Opposition MPs at the same time shouted slogans like ‘Chor Chor, Paper Chor’…
Mumbai: Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, can file a civil suit against social media platforms and others for spreading a misleading claim that he and his family are benefiting from the E20 initiative. The Bombay High Court on Monday gave a green signal to Gadkari to file a civil suit against…
New Delhi: Delhi Police is cracking down on social media posts that allegedly used crude and abusive language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the agitation led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Several platforms have received notices from the police, and most of the flagged videos, comments and posts have already been removed. A…
New Delhi: Opposition parties on Monday submitted notices seeking an urgent discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the alleged use of force against students protesting over the NEET paper leak issue at Jantar Mantar. The Centre is slated to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday proposing to strengthen the anti-paper leak law…
Hyderabad: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat has described the younger generation, known as ‘Gen Z’, as emotional and adaptable, while cautioning that they often do not think with a “calm mind.” Speaking at an event in Hyderabad, the RSS chief noted that this generation is easily appealed to by things that appear “visibly authentic,”…
Will the Opposition allow Parliament to function now that the Minister has resigned? That is the question before the nation after the first week of Parliament’s Winter Session was reduced to political theatre, slogan-shouting and adjournments. If the answer is still “No”, then the country can safely conclude that this was never about students. It…
Washington/Tehran: Iran and the United States held their fire Sunday, handing Gulf shipping and the oil industry a respite from missile strikes as Donald Trump’s UN envoy said the president was “giving talks some space”. Iran said it had halted retaliatory attacks against Washington’s allies in West Asia, and US ambassador to the United Nations…
Online Sports Desk Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s remarkably adaptive 81 and an equally solid effort from bowlers led by pacer Mayank Yadav ensured India’s smooth 35-run win over Zimbabwe in the third and final T20I in Harare on Sunday. Along with the victory, India also completed a 3-0 sweep, a fine step-up after surrendering the previous two…
Special Correspondent Barely had hopes begun to rise that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) was finally turning a corner under its new dispensation, when questions are once again being raised over whether anything has really changed. For many stakeholders, the recent appointment of former cricketer B.V. Suvarna Lakshmi as Chairperson of the Women’s Selection Committee…
Shekhar Maramraju I had to travel to Vijayawada on business to meet someone. I could have driven, but the thought of spending hours behind the wheel felt monotonous. Driving demands your attention every moment. A train journey, on the other hand, allows you to surrender yourself to time. So, almost impulsively, I chose the train…
